Back to School

By: Hakai

Disclaimer: I [Hakai] don't own anything Fullmetal Alchemist related. They belong to their respectful owners. Beware bad writing skills.

A/N: It's an AU. Basically the same world. Except instead of related to the military our "main characters" are all related to Eastern City High. XD and Alchemy isn't a well-known thing. Kind of like in present day.

Warnings: AU, lame titles… etc. .

Pairings: Winry/Al, Hawkeye/Havoc, possible Roy/Ed [my 3 favs XD]

School Rule 2 - Math Teachers Are Evil

"It's you!" Edward yelled at the raven haired man. "You're the one I bumped into this morning."

The man looked confused for but a moment before giving the blonde a nod. "Ah. So you're that child. Are you still lost? I thought I told you where the grade school was."

Al sighed. He knew what was coming. "WHO'S SO SMALL HE CAN'T BE REMEMBERED AND SHOULD BE IN CLASS WITH THE FIRST GRADERS?!?" Ed raged flailing his arms as expected.

"Quite the temper, hm?" He commented to Alphonse.

Al nodded solemnly. It wasn't his fault that he had such a flamboyant older brother. "I apologize for my brother, Mr…"

"Mustang. Roy Mustang." Roy said with a nod of his head as a bell rang, signaling the beginning of class. "You must be the two new students. Am I right?" Al nodded as Mustang directed his attention to the rest of the class. "Listen up, class. We have two new students joining us today. Please make them feel welcomed here at Eastern City High."

"I'm Alphonse Elric." The younger Elric greeted with a bow. "Nice to meet all of you."

"And I'm the older brother, Edward Elric." Ed said through gritted teeth.

"You're the older brother?" Roy asked raising an eyebrow.

"Of course I am!" Ed yelled on the verge of another fit. Thankfully, Alphonse held him back.

"Gomen, Sensei. He doesn't like… well, I think you've figured it out." Al apologized to their new math teacher while dragging his brother to the back of the class.

"I hate this." Ed stated once the brothers had taken their seats and Mustang had started the lesson. "First we're denied the chemistry class, and then we're stuck taking boring math with a stupid, bastard teacher who can't even tell I'm in high school."

"Well," Al sighed. "He's not the first one to make that mistake. I doubt all these people could be wrong, Nii-san." The short haired youth teased.

"You're no help." Ed glared flicking a bit of eraser at his brother. Al chuckled. School was looking to be quite interesting indeed.

"Library! Library!" Al sang, practically skipping towards the school library.

Ed laughed. "Winry's right. You're much too excited about this whole school thing."

"I can't help it!" Al said, still grinning from ear to ear. "Besides, Nii-san, aren't you excited about seeing their library?" Ed laughed as he ruffled his younger brother's hair. But Al was right, they were both excited about seeing what books the school had to offer.

"Well, if it isn't the new kids. The Elric brothers." A voice greeted.

Ed and Al looked up to meet the face of the teen who had spoken. The boy was a tall blonde who Al recognized from their history class. "Who are you?" Ed asked narrowing his eyebrows.

"Russell Trigham." He said with a grin. "Get to know it. I'm quite popular."

"Hn." Ed grunted. "Who cares if you're popular or not. C'mon Alphonse." The braided teen gestured for his younger brother to follow.

"Alphonse… What kind of name is that?" The older teen laughed, causing both the brother to turn. "That's a dumb name. At least he's taller then his shrimp of a brother. So I guess that compensates for his freak of a name." Russell commented smirking.

"What did you say?" Ed asked shaking slightly.

"You heard me." Russell shot back. Al stepped back. The fact that Ed hadn't immediately reacted to the insult to his height meant that this was on another level of insult entirely. Russell had done something worse then calling him short.

"How dare you!" Ed growled violently grabbing the collar of the other boy's shirt. "How dare you insult my little brother!" All arrogance in Russell's expression was gone. Whatever he had been expecting of the Elrics, it hadn't been this.

"N-Nii-san…" Al called timidly as Ed drew his fist back.

"STOP!!" A louder, firm voice ordered bringing all the boys to a standstill. Al looked up with relief. His brother hadn't harmed the Trigham boy.

"M-Mustang-sensei…" Russell stuttered out. "This… the new boy were…"

Roy cut him off. "I know exactly what happened here, Mr. Trigham. And if you do not wish to be sent directly to Principal Bradley, I suggest you leave, immediately." That was all it took from him and Russell Trigham was gone without a word.

"Are you alright?" Roy asked turning to Edward. Ed could do nothing but nod as Roy patted him on the back, gave a nod to Al, and left.

"He's something, isn't he." Al commented once their math teacher was gone.

Ed shook his head to wake up from his daze. "Maybe…" He grunted.

"Do you boys need help?" Scieszka asked as the Elric brothers entered the library.

"Actually," Al began almost eagerly. "you wouldn't happen to have anything on chemistry in this library, would you?"

"We do. Aisle twenty-three had quite a bit on the subject." Scieszka replied pointing the boys in the right direction. "If you're looking for something more specific, don't hesitate to ask."

"We won't. Thank you." The brothers called in unison as they all but ran to the said aisle.

"That was great!" Ed exclaimed stretching the kinks out of his arms. After school they had gone back to the library. The only reason they weren't still there, was because Scieszka had insisted that she had to close up.

"See!" Al said pointedly. "I knew you'd like it too!"

The older Elric nodded. "Yea, and I even found something even more interesting then chemistry."

"Really?" The grey-eyed teen asked enthusiastically. "What?"

"Alchemy!"

"Alchemy?" Alphonse asked.

"Yep. It's kind of like chemistry. The book said it was like an old form of chemistry. Alchemists main goals were to make gold from cheap metal. But they also changed things into other things with similar properties. The book also mentioned something about a Philosopher's Stone that they tried to create. And an elixir of life, and, and…" Ed paused to catch his breath. "Well… it was really interesting, Al."

"I'll bet." His younger brother laughed. "But if it can make you this excited, I'll be sure to look into it tomorrow."

"Alphonse Elric!" Winry yelled, nearly causing both brothers to jump out of their shoes.

"W-Winry." Al greeted.

"You promised we'd go on a date today." She huffed crossing her arms.

"W-was that today?" Al stuttered out from behind the safety of his brother.

"YES!" She yelled as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

Edward cleared his throat in an attempt to hide his amusement. Though currently an angry Winry was funny, if it were to be directed at him, it would be painful. "Winry, Al and I have to pick up groceries for Kaa-san first. He'll be with you right after that."

"Promise?" Winry asked.

Ed nudged his petrified younger brother in the ribs. "Ow! Right. Right. I promise." Al promised rubbing his side.

"Okay then," Winry responded. "I'll see you tonight, Aru-chan." She gave the taller Elric a kiss before leaving.

"She confuses me sometimes." Al admitted. "But I love her."

"Let's see," Al said taking out the grocery list from his back pocket. "Cheese, bread, carrots, milk… Nii-san! We forgot the milk!" The grey-eyed boy shouted in panic.

"Oh, did we?" Edward asked innocently as he shifted the weight of the bag in his arm.

"You knew?!" Al gasped. "I know you hate milk, Nii-san. But I wanted it too, you know!"

"Calm down, Al." Ed sighed. "We're pick it up tomor-"

"What's the matter, Nii-" Edward slapped his hand over his younger brother's mouth. Al paused to turn his attention to wear his brother was staring.

A beautiful woman with long blond hair was coming out of the restaurant in front of them. She was dressed as if she had been on a date, but her expression said otherwise. Narrowing her eyes she turned around to a man who had just came out of the same restaurant. "My answer remains the same, Havoc." She said sharply.

The one called Havoc hung his head lower and almost pleaded with the woman. "C'mon… dear? Another chance. Please?"

"I told you. If you can't go through the whole date without lighting up your cigarette, I don't want to go anywhere with you." The amber-eyed woman stated coolly. The man slumped to the ground, blue eyes downcast. And with that, the blond woman left.

"Geez…" Ed groaned from their place in the alleyway. "I hope you never get jilted by Winry like that."

"Yea…" Al gulped. "Nii-san…?"

"I'll head home, Al." Edward said taking the groceries from his brother's arms. "Good luck on your date, little brother." Ed winked before returning home.

"I think I'll buy Winry flowers…" Al said to himself. He shuddered, remembering another blond woman he'd seen more recently. Woman could be scary.

Tsuzuku (To Be Continued)

A/N: really stupid ending to this chapter. I don't like it, but…. XD Anyway, please tell me what you think